Bürener Land
As Bürener country is called the surroundings of Büren in North Rhine-Westphalia . It includes the former Büren district and borders the Paderborn region in the north . The Hochsauerlandkreis is located in the south of the Bürener Land .
In terms of tourism, the Bürener Land is sometimes also marketed as part of the Paderborner Land, for example by the “Touristikzentrale Paderborner Land” based in Büren.
landscape
The central part is the Paderborn plateau . The area of the plateau is divided by the river valleys Alme , Afte , Altenau and Sauer . The Paderborn plateau and the entire region are framed by two wooded areas: the ridge of the Eggegebirge in the east and the Alme-Afte-Bergland as part of the Sauerland in the south.
history
The history of the Bürener Land is reflected in the history of the Büren district. But even before the establishment of the Büren district, the dispute about the independence of the Bürener Land from the mighty cathedral city of Paderborn shaped the region . First the noblemen von Büren , then the Counts von Westphalen in Fürstenberg and finally the Dalheim Monastery fought their territorial claims against the Prince-Bishop of Paderborn .
The Büren district was established in 1816 and was dissolved in 1975 by the Sauerland / Paderborn law . In the process, the Bürener Land was largely merged into the Paderborn district , and smaller parts also became part of the Hochsauerlandkreis and the Soest district .
Witch trials in the rule of Büren
The high point of the witch hunts was around 1631. Between March 17th and April 15th, 1631 50 people were executed in the Büren rule. The sources are very good for the noble lords of the von Büren and Westphalen families.
Bürener Land today
The name Bürener Land is not undisputed in its own regions. For historical reasons, the Paderborner Land is related to the former Prince Diocese of Paderborn, including the Bürener Land. Today this term is replaced by the Hochstift Paderborn region . The Paderborn district has tried to limit the Bürener Land to Büren and its eleven districts and to include it in the name Paderborner Land, see Tourism Association Paderborner Land. Nevertheless, many especially older people in today's cities of Bad Wünnenberg , Büren, Lichtenau and Salzkotten as well as in the villages that were added to the Hochsauerlandkreis on January 1, 1975 ( Essentho , Meerhof , Oesdorf and Westheim ) see themselves as residents of Bürener Land. This is made clear, among other things, by the Büren sports group and a joint local section in the newspapers. Local patriotism is also evident in the jointly organized Kreisschützenfest of the Kreisschützenbund Büren 1957 eV In contrast, the then Lichtenau City Director Helmut Winzen complained in 1997 that the introduction of the Büren district in many cases did not take into account the "growing cultural, historical, geographical and economic conditions" Lichtenaus have taken. In fact, even in the time of the prince-bishop there were more connections to the capital Paderborn outside of the Bürener foreland.
Attractions
Attractions in Bürener country that today has become Lichtenau belonging Dalheim Monastery and the Jesuit College ( Mauritius-Gymnasium ) in Buren. In addition, the Mittelmühle Büren and the Niedermühle Büren , which houses a cultural center, are of tourist interest.
The Wewelsburg , one of the few triangular castles in Germany, can be seen as an unofficial landmark of the Bürener Land .
Archery
In 1958, on the initiative of the Haaren shooting club, the Büren District Rifle Club was founded, to which all clubs in the old Büren district are eligible and are allowed to shoot the district shooting bird. The place that provides the king also hosts the next district rifle festival.
In Bürener Land the riflemen also carry a rifle when marching out and women are not allowed to join the clubs. According to the marching regulations, drum corps and music clubs may accept women in the club, but marching bands may not. If a marching band picks up a woman, it has to call itself the drum corps from then on.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rainer Decker : The witch hunts in the Hochstift Paderborn. In: Westfälische Zeitschrift, Vol. 128, 1978, pp. 315–356.
- ^ Rainer Decker : Paderborn - witch persecutions. From: Lexicon on the history of witch persecution, in: historicum.net, https://www.historicum.net/persistent/artikel/Paderborn_Hex/ (May 24, 2015).
- ↑ Helmut Winzen: Lichtenau . In: Josef Drewes (Ed.): The Hochstift Paderborn: Portrait of a region . 2nd Edition. Paderborn 1997, p. 146
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Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 14.5 " N , 8 ° 34 ′ 14.6" E